The Sun. — London, England, 1836-11-03 00:00:00

BRIGHTON-WEDNESDAY. His Majesty drove out this afternoon on the Cliffs, at his usual hour, accompanied by Lady de Lisle, but the Queen has not yet left the Palace. Among the distinguished persons who have called at the Palac e to-day are Mr. Edward and Lady Emily Foley (on leaving) ; Rev. Dr. Shepperd, Capt. V. Harcourt, Viscount and Viscountess and Misses Gage, Lord and Lady James May,n Count a n d C oun t ess B a th yany , Li eu t.-C o l. Th orn t on , rquis of Bristol, Rev. H. Plumley, Chancellor of the Diocese of Chichester ; Mr. J. R. Bonham, M.P, ; Captain James Scott, R.N. We understand that it is the intention of the King to in spect the 6th, or Enniskillen Dragoons in the course of the month. Lieut.. Gen. Sir W. Lumley, the Colonel of the regiment, has engaged a house here, in order that he may be present on the occasion. Sir William is a Groom of the Bedchamber. We have much pleasure in announcing the arrival of the Princess Augusta. Her Royal Highness arrived at her apart ments in the palace grounds yesterday evening, in improved health, from Frogmore, accompanied by Miss Wynyard. We hear that it is in contemplation to have an additional Service at the Royal Chapel every Sunday during the sojourn of the Court, in obedience to the command of their Majesties. The Marchioness and the Ladies Cornwallis arrived yes terday on the Marine Parade for the season. Mori, in conjunction with Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Bishop, &c., will give a concert here next week, which will be succeeded by another in which Caradori Allan and H. Phillips will sing. The Earl of Errol is expected in Brunswick-terrace at the end of the week. The Duke and Duchess of St. Alban's arrived last night at St. Alban's mansion. COURT CIRCULAR. Two couriers, with despatches for Count Sebastiani, the French Ambassador, arrived at the residence of the Em bassy, in Manchester-square, yesterday. Count Sebastiani visited Viscount Palmerston, in the afternoon, at the Foreign-office. Viscount Melbourne, accompanied by Mr. G. E. Anson, his Private Secretary, has gone on a visit to Mr. Coke, at his seat, Holkham Hall, Norfolk. _ _ The Sheriffs of London and Middlesex, accompanied by th e City Remembrancer, visited the Cabinet Ministers yes terday, at their respective residences, and invited them to the dinner at , Guildhall, on Wednesday (Lord Mayor's Day). Talat Effendi, who acted as Charge d'Affaires in the ab sence of Nourri Effendi, left town on Sunday last, for Paris, to join that functionary in his new post as Ambassador to th e Court of France. Sir John Hobbouse has arrived at his residence at Putney. Mr. Wallez, the Belgian Charge d'Affaires, transacted business yesterday at the Foreign-office. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. The Earl of Besborough, at Wimborne, from Weymouth ; Colonel Angerstein, at the Albany, from a tour; Colonel Gore Langton, at Scaiffe's Hotel, Brook-street, from a tour ; the Marquis of Camden, at his seat, the Wilderness, Kent, from a tour ; Sir Herbert Jennison, Bart., in Chesterfield -street, from a tour; B. Eastcourt, Esq., at Hawkins' Hotel, Dover-street, fro m Gloucestershire; George Wilbraham, Esq., in Grosve nor-square, from a tour; Mr. and Mrs. Daniel, at the St. George's Hotel, Albemarle-street, from Brighton ; Mr. Slings by and family, at Fenton's Hotel, St. James's-street, from Surrey ; W. Bayntun, Esq., at ditto, from Wilts ; the Hon. A. Barrington, at ditto, from a tour ; Mr. and Mrs. Smith Ba rr y, a t the St. James's Hotel, Jermyn-street, from their seat in Cheshire ; Lieutenant C. T. F. Newton, R.N., with deipstches for Lord Palmerston, at Batt's Hotel, Dover -street, from the British Minister, at Frankfort-on-Maine. _ _ DEPARTURES. General Goblet (the Belgian Minister), accompanied by his Aid -de-Camp, from the Brunswick Hotel, Jermyn-street, for Brussels ; Mr. and Mrs. Perkins and family, from ditto, for Chipstead-place, Seven Oaks ; Dr. and Mrs. Henn and fa mily, from ditto, for Dublin ; Mr. and Mrs. Rampini, from ditto ; the Rev. G. Bill, from ditto ; - Leigh, Esq., from ditto ; Mr. and Mrs. Stoddart Douglas and Miss Rayenfeld, from ditto ; the Earl of Pembroke, from Fenton's Hotel, St. James's-street, for Paris ; Charles Milner, Esq., from ditto, for Preston Hall, Kent ; Sir George Pigot, the Rev. Wellesley Pigot, and the Misses Pigot, from the St. George's Hotel, Albemarle-street, on a tour ; Colonel Fitzgibbon, for Clifton ; the Misses Wickham, from Raggett's Hotel, Dover-street, for Yorkshire; Captain Parkinson, from ditto, for Portsmouth. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, attended by Lady Caroline Legge, her resident Lady-in- Wai,:ing, will leave Gloucester-house on Saturday, on a visit to their Majesties at the Pavilion. The Grand Duke Michael of Russia, who had pro ceeded to Rotterdam, in order to embark for England, where apartments have been engaged for him, has suddenly changed his mind, and returned to Germany ; no one ap pears to know why. The Duke of Norfolk is entertaining a select circle at his delightful seat at St. Genevieve, near Bury St. Ed ittund's, his favourite residence. The Earl of, Surrey, the Duke's son, prefers Arundel Castle, because of its internal Comforts and convenience, the late Duke having expended 2 00,0001. in putting the house in order, and building addi tional apartments, by which 50 visitors and their servants can be received at the same time. Owing to the arrival of some new visitants , th e Du ke of Devonshire's return to town from Chatsworth is delayed until next week. The Marchioness of Abercorn and family were ex pected to embark at Holyhead yesterday for Dublin, to /fleet the Marquis at Baron's Court, where the Duke and Duchess of Bedford and other noble relatives are also about to proceed. The Earl of Besborough, Lord and Lady Seymour, Earl. and Countess Poulett, Lord Hawarden, Sir H. Turror, the Hon. Mrs. Flower, and Colonel and Mrs. Manses] are included in the late arrivals at Weymouth. The t;ountess of Essex will recommence her card Parties in a; few days for the winter. Lord Braybroke, the Earl of Hardwicke, General Grosvenor, J. A. Elwes, Esq., M.P. ; T. W. Bramston, Es q ,, m.p. ; R. I. Eaton, Esq. , M.P. ; and E. T. Yorke, Sq., M.P., were amongst the personages present at the raeeting of the Saffron Walden Agricultural Society on Friday last. The Countess of Hardwicke and Lady Bray /Tooke \were present at the distribution of the various prizes. Lady Ashburton and the Hon. the Misses Baring Ltt e going to Brighton for the winter. Lord Ashburton came up from his seat in Hamp 4ire last week to Bath House, Piccadilly, and has since returned to The Grange. Sir Henry Freeling's patent as Junior Commissioner ° Customs has been made out ; he attended for the first times at the Board on Tuesday, and took the prescribed oaths lit office. Sjr John and Lady Maria Stanley have been enter tr.,4ining• a select circle at Alderley Park , near Knutsford, in ‘dheshi r o. Mr. Stanley, M.P., and Secretary to the Trea !ory, j o i ne d the party on his way from a shooting excursion 41 the north, The Duke and Duchess of Sutherland and Lady I)o ver are to remain two or three day s on a visit to the Chancellor of the Exchequer and Lady Theodosia S p rin g R ice, at Mount TTenchard, near Limerick, on their return to Trentham Hall, where vast improvements are in progress. The Earl of Eldon has returned to Encombc House 4 :: °111 a visit to the Rev. Edward and Lady Frances Bankes, at Corfe Castle. Although Lord Eldon has purchased B°l ze large estates in the north, and is a native of Newcastle -1401 -Tyne, and whilst he was a t the Bar re g ularly went the °lll. , ern Circuit, he has rarely , either for, recreation or on b usiness gone to the north since his elevation to the Peerage. Lord Brougham came to to wn on Tuesda y , and, h aving called a meeting of the Council of the London °lversitv r p r esented the College with the s um of 5,0001., , J "Leo had been entrusted to him for that purpose. The —ei ne of the donor was not stated. The Hon. Frederick Shaw, M.P., left Dublin last °tea for London, en route for Paris, where his Lady has been ao :l o u.rning for some time past for the benefit of her health. „ I VII.. and Mrs. Ferguson , of Raith, are entertainin g "Party at Biel, N.B. s Ther e was a trial of vocal music yesterday by the :eiety o f British Musicians, with a view of selecting such fligh t be approved of, to be performers at their approach tPoblic con :erts. Lord Ho : warden has been elected an Irish Represen tative Peer in the room of t he late Lord Dufferin. The n umbers were —for Lord liziwarden, 86 ; for Lord Lis -more, 28. num ber Leopold is expected at La eken. The o i , English families resorting to that p lace' never was Or e ater. The great difficulty is to procure suitable houses ar Itiartmento, of which there is an extreme scarcity. East Eliot has commenced an active canvass for the Cornw a ll, which is expected to be wa rml y contested 1 event of a vacancy to represent. it in Parliament. Til n e Russian Ambassador and suite are ex p ected to arrivit e at Ashburnharn House to-morrow, from Paris , where is understood his facellency has been detained several 1418 longer than he exwteted by business of an important r e , namely, the trial of his favourite nephew and heir, C olonel Po Borgo, before • tone,zzo a Court-martial, for having 444 _proad without the permission of the Minister at War, (3 1 which charge the Colonel was unanimously acquitted. St. 111 Monday evening, the Windham Club-house, Bar nes's-square,laiely the property of the Duke of Athol, IN, opened b y t h e mem b er s of the club. The house has Ea rn for the most part nerTly decorated, and is sple ndidl y cunetr , ed• It diff ers f ro m all the other club-House in having more the appearance and style of the tab liA44lent of a Nobleman or Gentleman, than the house of a Society. A party of about fifty Gentlemen sat down to a sumptuous dinner given on the occasion, the Earl of Lisburne in the chair ; and, after many appropriate toasts, including " prosperity to the Club," the party separated at a late hour. The Duke and Duchess of St. Alban's left South ampton on Tuesday for St. Alban's House, Brighton, for the winter. The Spanish Duke d'Osuna was visited on Tuesday at Mivart's Hotel by Lord Holland and several of the corps diplonzatique. The Duke proceeds on a short tour, com mencing w►th Windsor, and thence to Brighton, to pay his respects to their Majesties. The Earl of Tankerville has returned to town. The Countess is shortly expected in Grosvenor-square from the north, where their son, Lord Ossulston, has been on a visit to the Duke of Northumberland, at Alnwick Castle. The Earl of Roden left town last week on a visit to Lord and Lady Barham at Ramsgate, from whence he will proceed to visit the Duke of Wellington at Widmer Castle. During a thick fog on Monday night, the Ata lanta steamer, on her way from Guernsey to Southampton, ran on shore at Grange Chine, about five miles to the west ward of Chale Bay, where the Clarendon West Indiaman was lately wrecked. It being fortunately high water at the time, she floated over the rocks on to the beach, was got off next morning without damage, and proceeded to South ampton. There were between 40 and 50 passengers on board.—Hampshire Chronicle. PATRIARCHAL FAMILY.—Mrs. H. P., a lady of considerable property, residing in the vicinity of Edgware, attained her 103 d year on the 28th of the present month. She is the youngest of three sisters, one of whom is 107. and the other 105 years of age, and Mrs. H., one of the ladies, has a son 80 years of age. Another sister died about two years ago in her 102 d year. On Saturday last the Lord Gambier, Captain Warham, arrived in Shields Harbour, with five fish, from Davis' Straits. The Lord Gambier has brought home part of the crew of the Margaret, of London, which vessel was lost in Pond's Bay. On Tuesday morning last the Lady Jane arrived at Shields from Davis' Straits, with eight fish. —Sunderland Herald. THE CONTINENT IN 1835.-411 these volumes, which are just published, Professor Hoppus presents the most graphical views of the Continent and of its inhabi tants ; indeed, so ably has he accomplished his undertak ing, that a perusal of it prior to a Continental tour, would greatly facilitate the objects of the traveller, and enable him to provide against difficulties which, but for the book, he would not have foreseen. The experience of a man like the Learned Professor must be extremely valu able, and it is evident that both from the travelled and the untravelled, his work will meet with a welcome reception. PROGRESS OF REFORM AT TA VISTOC K.—On Monday, the 24th ult., at the Court Leet of his Grace the Duke of Bedford, the steward, John Benson, Esq., having declined to nominate a portreeve, as had been the invariable custom of his predecessor, the jury, on the free exercise of their privilege, returned C. V. Bridgman, Esq. to fill that office for the ensuing year. We have often had occasion to compliment our Tavistock friends on the suc cess which has attended their struggles for freedom, and on the example they have always been foremost to set to their neighbours ; and as they have now quietly, and by moral force alone, obtained a right which we know they have been insisting on for the last twenty years, we again heartily tender them our congratulations ; and we have no doubt they, equally with ourselves, estimate the libe rality which has characterised the conduct of the steward in this proceeding, and hail it as one of the many evi dences that gentleman has given since his appointment, of his desire to render Tavistock a happy, united, and flourish ing community.—Plymouth Journal. MEMORIALS OF MRS. HEMANS.—The departed poetess has left a vacant throne which none have yet been judged worthy to fill. But those who read Mr. Chorley's touching memorials of this amiable lady, which have just appeared, will feel that in the hearts of her admirers— (would that her imitators were as numerous)—she has left a vacuum still more difficult to supply than that which her loss has occasioned to poetry. 'We cordially recom mend these volumes to all who can appreciate genius—to all who can reverence virtue—for with then they must be come favourites. An attempt at forgery upon a Dutch house, to the extent of about twelve thousand florins, has been disco vered. It was attempted to obtain the signature of the firm in question by advising the house that such a bill was in circulation, and, had an answer been returned, the sig nature would have been used for the purposes of fraud, a novel and ingenious mode, having already been successful for such a purpose. A fraud of the description referred to has already been committed upon a London banking firm. The plan followed was this :—The bottom of a letter was torn off, bearing the name of the firm, just above tho sig nature. The part so torn was reduced to half the size of an ordinary stamp. The other half, to make up the form of a bill, was cut from a bill stamp, and the two pieces of paper being pasted together assumed the form of a bill, the signature of the original letter being made that of the ac ceptor of the fictitious bill. The paper so presented to the banking firm, bore the appearance of a Bill of Exchange which had been regularly cut in half, the two pieces of paper being filled up in the usual mode in which bills are drawn. THE PRINCE OF CANINO'S MEmoißs.—This national work, which has just appeared, must be regarded as no common auto-biography, inasmuch as it throws an im portant light on those political movements which a few years since convulsed the nations of Europe, and the causes of which have been but imperfectly detailed by pre vious historians. Indeed were it only for the descrip tion which it gives of the dawnings of that mighty spirit which in after times was to hold in subjection nearly the whole world, it would be strikingly interesting and com mand general attention. It is extremely popular, and there can be no doubt that it will become one of the standard works in our language. v Lord Skelmersdale is entertaining Lord and Lady Stanley, the Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Bootle Wibraham, &c., at his seat, Latham House, Ormskirk. PRIZE FIGHT PREVENTED.—On Tuesday one of those brutal exhibitions called prize fights was announced to take place between Brown and Smith, better known to the sporting world" as " The Sprig of Myrtle," and " The Chelsea Doctor," for 501. a-side. The place appointed was a field in the village of Hanworth, near Hounslow, and from an early hour in the morning pedestrians, horsemen, and vehicles of every description, hurried along the western road to the scene of action. At twelve o'clock the men, attended by their seconds and backers, arrived at the spot, but they had scarcely entered the ropes before the Rev. Henry Trimmer, a Magistrate, residing at Hounslow, at tended by several constables, made his appearance, and de clared his determination not to allow the fight to take place within his jurisdiction. After several ineffectual at tempts to shake the worthy Magistrate's resolution,the com batants, with their friends, proceeded to the Bell public house at Hounslow, to determine on another site for the fight ; but while there, Henry Pownall, Esq., the same Ma gistrate who prevented the parties fighting at Northolt in the summer, joined his worthy colleague, and obtained a promise from Mr. Britton, the landlord of the Caroline Arms at Shepherd's Bush (at whose house " The Chelsea Doctor" had been in training), that the fight should not take place in Middlesex. It was then proposed that the combatants should toss up for the choice of another spot, either in Surrey, Berks, or Bucks, which was accordingly done, when Brown, winning the toss, declared he would not fight anywhere but in Middlesex. A lengthened alterca tion then took place between the parties, when Mr. Britton declaring he would not break the pledge he had given the Magistrate, removed Smith from the spot. Brown and his friends shortly followed, and the whole of the parties re turned to town, leaving the important question as to which of the men can stand longest to be beat and knocked about like a brute still undecided. BUDE (CORNWALL), OCT. 30.—We saw passing this place a vessel with two masts, which was thought to be a ketch or galliot, some believed it to be a schooner. She appeared to be bearing towards our harbour ; her sails were all gone, and she seemed to be waterlogged. We could see one man in the rigging, and three on the quarter, near the taffrail. Her stern appeared more out of the water than her bows. All at once she fell over on her side, and dis appeared. Not a vestige of her or her crew has come on shore yet. THE FUNDS.-CLOSING PRICES. FUNDS. Omnium India Stock 256 Ditto ponds 5 pm. South Sea Stock Ditto Old Annuities Ditto New Annuities ....... Bills, 10 , 41/ Ditto 5001 1 pm. Ditto 5001 4 pm. flank Stock for Opg. India Stock for Act. Consols for Act. I FUNDS. Portuguese Bonds, 5 per cent. Ditto, New Ditto 55 Prussian. 5 per cent. Russian Bends, 5 per seat Ditto, Metallic Spanish, 5 per cent Ditto. Consolidated. `JO% French, 5 per cent ...... —f. —c. Exchange —f. —c. [French, 3 per cent —t. —c. Dutch, 2i per cent. Ditto, 5 per cent . RES, EDINBURGH. The embarrassed affairs of the City of Edinburgh have long been matter of notoriety to the whole country, and for the last few years have been engaging the attention of Par liament itself. A debt of upwards of 400,0001., with an an nual revenue of 22,000/., besides a debt of 250,000/. due to Government for Leith Docks, is about as precious a speci men of the former corrupt system of Municipal Government as could well be imagined. Since the Reformed Town Council have come into office they have unceasingly exerted themselves to free the City from her embarrassments ; and Government, on a report made to them by Mr. Labouchere, having consented to give up half the amount of their debt, and to postpone indefinitely the interest on the other half, they were enabled last year to offer the creditors bonds, bear ing 3 per cent. interest on three-fourths of their debt. This offer was then rejected by a large majority of the creditors : not so much on the ground that the principal was too little as that the interest was too low. Since that time the Town Council and the Trustees for the creditors have had re peated conferences, and various modifications have been made on the former offer, but without affect. At length the Town Council and the Trustees agreed upon the following proposition—to restrict the debt to three fourths of the original sum—to pay the creditors the half of such restricted sum within a twelvemonth—the money to be raised by the sale of corporation property ; and to grant bonds bearing interest at four per cent. for the remainder. The trustees unanimously recom mended this proposition to the creditors ; and a meeting of that body was held on Friday to consider of it. A pro posal was made by one of the creditors to take three per cent. on the whole debt, which he said would make no material alteration from the proposal recommended by the trustees. The Act of Parliament requires that creditors holding debts to the amount of four-fifths of the whole should accede to a proposal before it can be agreed to. On a division at the meeting it appeared that creditors holding more than four-fifths of the debts claimed by those present were in favour of the proposal, there being 213,975/. in favour, and 53,1931. against it. But as this does not amount to three-fourths of the whole, the matter is still undecided, and is left to a future meeting, to be held on the 25th of November. It is generally believed, however, that the requisite number will accede ; in which case it is not supposed that the measure will meet with any serious opposition in Parliament. The advantage to this part of the country will be that Leith will have her harbour im proved—a measure of the most urgent necessity ; and the Edinburgh annuity tax, a grievance much more obnoxious to the inabitants than the Church-rates in England, will be abolished—substituting a moderate assessment for the pur poses of municipal government. In return for these advan tages, it is not considered too much for Government to give up its claim to a debt which it had little chance of reco vering at any rate. REGISTRATION OF VOTERS. MIDDLESEX. Yesterday Mr. Bilk claimed on the St. Bartholerniw list, in respect of an equitable interest possessed by him in the Corn Exchange.—Case deferred. Sergeant Goulburn and other Learned Sergeants claimed on the St. Dunstan's list as proprietors of the Sergeant's Inn Coffee-house. The claims were opposed by the Re formers.—Case deferred. Messrs. Grote, French, Prescott, and White, claimed on the Lombard-street list, as trustees, but they emitted to specify the character of their holding ; and on that ground objection to them was raised.—Objection allowed ; claims erased. Mr. COVENTRY then delivered judgment in a case re served upon the Islington list, namely, that of the Rev. Mr. Hale, who claimed as a member of a corporate body. He claimed " for a freehold manor, as Prebendary of Isling ton."—Claim admitted, and objections dismissed. Lord Lichfield proceeded yesterday to Holkham, on a visit to Mr. Coke. MR. COBBETT'S LAST DAY.—After a while the doctor, seeing that life would soon close, began very cau tiously, and in a manner that to Mr. Cobbett seemed rather affected, to inquire whether he wished to draw up any " testamentary document," observing that if he did, " he may as well do it now as at any other time." " Not," con tinued he, " that there is any dainja (danger.)" To which Mr. Cobbett immediately replied, " I have done everything that is necessary in that respect, and Mr. Fielden knows all about it." Before the doctor had quitted the room Mr. Cobbett happened to hear him cough, and not being dis inclined to a little sarcastic jocularity, spoke to him with niuch apparent gravity, and in the same affected drawl, saying, " Doctor, do you take anything for that cough?" " No, sir," replied Esculapius. " Then," continued Mr. Cobbett, " I think that you should ;" and looking very archly, lie added, " Not that I think there is any, dainja." The doctor looked rather blank at this humourous sally ; and as he was leaving the bed-side, Mr. Cobbett added with one of his arch and laughing winks of the eye, " There, take that, my buck !" LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, Nov. 2. The transactions in our Cotton-market to-day are confined to 1,200 bags, without variation in prices. LUTHER'S BIRTH-PLACE.ThiS great Reformer was born at Eisleben, a town of 7,000 inhabitants, on the Bose, a small stream. The house in which he was born, 1483, is not far from the gate leading to Halle, a few doors from the Post-office. His portrait is placed over the en trance. The original building was partly consumed by fire in 1689, but there is still enough left of it to give in terest to it. It is now converted into a school for the gratuitous education of poor children, and contains his cap; cloak, and other relics. In St. Andrew's church is the pulpit from which he preached. Luther was the son of a poor miner, and the greater part of the inhabitants are still of the same profession, working in the neighbourhood of the copper mines. Luther died here in 1564. An attempt at robbery took place at Sandon, in the house of Mr. Adams, grocer, on Tuesday night, between twelve and one o'clock. Mr. Adams, some time after he had been in bed, indistinctly hearing some persons softly moving in the house, and then trying to open his sleeping•room door, got out of bed and opened it, suspect ing it was his daughter. Three ruffians stood on the stair case immediately opposite, one of whom he thought he heard say, " You are the villain we want," and instantly struck him with a plough coulter, repeating the blow ten times, chiefly on the head, as if their only intention was to murder him. He asked what they wanted ? " Your money," was the answer. He then said, "Do not use me thus, and I will give you what I have ; but I paid it all away in the evening except two half-crowns and some six pences." " You lie, you —," was the reply. He re peated that what he had told them was true. " Have you any sovereigns ?" was the next question. " No, not one ," replied Air. Adams, and repeated again what money he had. His daughter entered the room in her night dress, and the a p prentice rushed out of the house to procure assistance. Miss Adams then laid hold of the man who had her father down, and begged of him to desist, saying she would give him all she had. Immediately she received a blow on the face and arm, and the men knowing that one of the family had escaped to give an alarm, and having obtained the cash box, they made off, but were met at the door by a Mr. Cannon, whom the apprentice had fetched. " you," said one of them," " what do you mean ?" Cannon said " I will let you know," and immediately struck him a blow on the temple, which occasioned him a consi derable flow of blood. The cash box was dropped in the struggle, and the fellows escaped. Three men have since been apprehended, one of them having a severe wound on the temple, supposed to be the villain struck by Cannon.— County Chronicle. Two men, named John Crister and James Bolton, are in custody on a charge of setting fire to the barn of S. Grace, Esq., at Frant, in Kent, which was burnt down on the night of the 19th ult. They have undergone several examinations before Daniel:Rowland, Esq., the Magistrate of Frant, by whom they have been fully committed for trial. It is said that one of the men has made a full confession of the crime. EMBEZZLEMENT.-011 the Ist of October Joseph Bradshaw, a young man in the employment of Mr. Little, commission-agent, Church-street, absconded, taking with him 5801. in gold and notes. It appeared that he hail acted as book-keeper in the warehouse of Mr. Little. On the day he ran off he had been sent out to receive seve ral large sums of money, and, tempted by the large amount of money in his possession, he absconded. As soon as he was missed, placards were issued describing his appearance. Mr. Little also communicated with Mr. Thomas, who was closely employed for several days in attempting to trace the robber, but without meeting with any success until Tuesday, the 18th, when he received informatt:on that a young man, a stranger, was at Chesterfield leading a life of riot and dissipation and lavishly spending money. Mr. Thomas immediately despatched thither Sawley, an active officer, who found on his arrival the person for whom he was in search had left the place about 48 hours. Sawley, how ever, traced him from place to place, finding that at each point of his route he and some companions had been drink ing, and that he was so wild in his orgies as actaally at one place to have thrown his money beninSthe fire. At length, on Saturday morning, after following him throu;h different villages, he came to a pot-house at a place called Wragley, near Horncastle, where he found his man eating bread and cheese. On searching Bradshaw there was found in his possession 55/. ss. 6d. and a new silver watch, which he had, no doubt, purchased with part of the money. On Monday he was brought up for examination at the New Bailey, when several of the notes found in his possession were identified by the parties from whom they were re ceived. He was committed to take his trial at next ses sions.—Manchester DINNER TO LORD GLENELG. INVERNESS, FRIDAY NIGHT. The Colonial Secretary, Lord Glenelg, was this evening entertained at a public dinner in this town. His Lordship arrived here about a fortnight ago, and the present being his first visit since his accession to the Peerage, the op portunity was seized by his friends and supporters to in vite him to a public entertainment. As Mr. Grant, the Noble Lord was Representative for this county in Parlia ment for about eighteen years, and he had previously been Member for the borough for some time. The attendance was numerous and respectable, upwards of 250 having sat down to dinner. The Chair was filled by George M‘Pherson Grant Esq., of Ballindaloch ; who was supported on his right by Lord Glenelg, Sir Colin M'Kenzie, of Kilcoy ; William M'Ken zie, Esq., of Muirton : Rev. Mr. Brown, of Aberdeen ; M'Pherson Grant, Esq., the younger, of Ballindalloch ; Mr. Edwards, Sheriff Substitute, &c. &c. ; and on the left by Mr. Bannerman, M.P. ; General George Frazer, Red castle ; Roderick M'Leod, Esq., M.P. ; A. Fraser, Esq., of Culduthel, &c. &c. On the cloth being removed, The CHAIRMAN gave separately the King and Queen, which were drunk with three times three, and great cheering. The CHAIRMAN next proposed the health of the " Prin cess Victoria." The toast was drunk with three times three, and enthusiastic cheering. The CHAIRMAN gave as the next toast, the " Duke of Sussex, and the rest of the Royal Family." " The Army and Navy."—Three times three. The CHAIRMAN then rose to propose the health of their distinguished guest. In proposing the Noble Lord's health, he said, " If I were called upon to enlarge upon one portion of his political life more than another, my mind, I confess, would revert to the period in which he held the Secretaryship of Ireland—(cheering)—when we witnessed the first dawning of a more liberal and enlightened policy to that country than it had ever previously experienced.— (Continued cheering.)—On our former intimate connexion with our noble guest, on the feelings of respect and admi ration we entertain for his character, both in a public and private capacity, I need not enlarge. I beg to propose to you the health of our distinguished guest, Lord Glenelg.— (Loud and continued cheering.) Lord GLENELG rose amidst reiterated shouts of ap plause. It is, gentlemen, with the highest satisfaction that I meet with you this day. It is impossible for me to stand in this place, and not be alive to the many recollections of no common import.—(Cheering.) I see around me many who have assembled here after hard-fought fields of contest and victory.—(Cheering.) I recall the many exertions you have made for so humble an individual as myself—l recall the several feelings of friendship founded on just principle, and supported by mutual acts of disinterested kindness.—(Hurrah.) But permit me to say that, deeply as I feel the personal kindness done to myself, I know it would be doing injustice to you and to myself, if I omitted to mention that there are considerations involved far be yond any view of personal character. You know that with this assembly are united considerations connected with the greatest blessing that can attach to human na ture—the blessing of civil and religious freedom—(lm mense cheering.) You do me honour to believe that of this great and sacred principle, civil and religious freedom, I am an earnest advocate.—(Loud and continued cheering.) You believe that lam part of a Government pledged to this principle.—(Hurrah!) You know that Government itself has been assailed by violence and ob loquy, and your generosity has led you here this day to avouch your belief that you are convinced, thoroughly con vinced, that it is true to its principles—that whatever dif ficulties it may encounter in its course, you know that at least in intention, in endeavour, in enterprise—the firm ness and boldness of that Government shall not be defec tive.—(Cheering.) I trust that this assembling of our selves together this evening will produce substantial advan tages to that great cause.—(His Lordship sat down amidst long-continued applause.) The CHAIRMAN—The next toast I hare to propose is, " Lord Melbourne and his Majesty's Ministers."—(lm mense cheering.) The voice of the public has reinstated them in office, and it is by public opinion alone that they will be enabled to carry forward those ameliorations which we look for at their hands. Lord GLENELG-I offer to you, in the name of my col leagues, and in my own name, sincere thanks for the high honour now conferred upon us.—(Applause.) Gentlemen, my Hon. Friend, the Chairman, has well remarked, that the task of Ministers has been one of difficulty : and it is still surrounded with difficulties. The task of Government has always been arduous and difficult ; but at this moment, I will venture to say, surrounded with peculiar embarrass ment and difficulties of uncommon magnitude. Under these circumstances, it is no slight satisfaction, but a great consolation, to know that we may rely on the justice, and on the truth of our fellow-countrymen, to give us credit for the motives which we profess, and support in those mea sures which we have been pursuing under the difficulties alluded to—(lmmense cheering)—and to anticipate with wisdom and the sobriety that belongs to wisdom, the re sults of our public measures.—(Cheers.) I have already adverted to the attacks made on the present Administra tion. If these were still more violent, and I do not think they can easily be exceeded in violence, or I should state more correctly, that if those attacks had been supported with more talent and more semblance of truth—if they had been thus rendered more effective, still it would be to us a compensation for all this, to know that there is in the sound heart of Great Britain a power on which honest men rely in the execution of their duty.—(Great applause.) Gentlemen, it cannot be denied that whatever other difficul ties surrounded our course, the difficulties that would na turally general iote r fe r d o i with stres s our rd progress. — n , ittuarvael not y arise from a been permitted(Cheers.) It cannot be denied that to whatever other at tacks we may be exposed, we cannot be exposed to the state charge of having placed the country in a critical and dan gerous position. We cannot be charged with having ex posed the peace of Europe—with having placed it in jeo pardy—with having sacrificed the security of Ireland. We cannot be charged with having pursued our own interests at the expense of the great interests of the peace, the tran quillity, and the prosperity of this empire. (Cheers.) Why ? Because facts would contradict such a charge. It is proved that the resources of this country have been developed, that commercial enterprise has been called forth to new enterprise and exertions,—that science and intel lect, and reason, and all the efforts of the mind, have been called forth to their utmost expansion, in order to meet the growing demands of a mighty people—calling forth every vigorous energy of the mind in the career of power and substantial greatness.—(Cheering.) This cannot be de nied. And further, I say it cannot be denied that peace has been preserved, where its preservation was pronounced to be impossible.—(Cheering.) It cannot be denied that Ireland has been tranquillised, when the attempt to tran quillise it was called a dangerous experiment.—(Loud cheers.) But, gentlemen, all this we have been told has nothing whatever to do with the Government—this, we have been told, is the course of nature—the progress of the seasons—the advance of commercial knowledge—the exer cise of commercial capital—the power of British intellect and enterprise—and are you to give credit to the Go vernment for this, which could be brought about by no human agency, and all which have developed themselves at every step ? Be it so, that the Government had no inter vention in such proceedings ; but, at least, allow me to say that this itself proves that the existence of this most destructive Government, as it has been called, is com patible with the elements of order, and of power, and of tranquillity.—(Loud and continued cheering.) Is it by mere accident that these blessings have happened within the last six years ? Is it by mere accident that England is no longer ravaged by the incendiary ? Is it by accident that reform found its way into the House of Commons, and that there unobserved and unnoticed it insinuated it self through all the differences of party, and at last crept into the House of Lords ?—(lmmense cheering). Is it by mere accident that through that Noble House it placed it self at the foot of the throne, and received the Royal sanc tion ?—(lmmense cheering.) Is it by mere accident that this great nation of Scotland received the true principles of representation ? We meet here to-day to celebrate these principles. We have met before, and in this very place, iu the field of contest, and why ? Because the great prin ciples of freedom were then in operation for ascendancy in the country.—(Cheers.) Was that by accident ? Did this happen by a fortuitous concourse of circumstances ? 0 yes ; a fortuitous concourse of atoms created this world !—(Great cheering.) Was it by accident also that in E ng l an d so many peop l e were b ene fi tte d b y t h e evils of the Poor Laws being remedied, and that health has been infused into institutions, to which it was be fore a stranger ? Is it by accident that the peace of Europe has been preserved, which six years ago was pro nounced by th e orac l es o f po liti ca l w i s d om , i mposs ibl e to b e maintained for six months ?—(Loud cheers.) By what chances of fate amidst contending nations—by what con currence of fortuitous atoms is it that at this moment the blessings of peace are continued to this country ? (Cheers.) Then as to Ireland—sec there the effects of accident. That unhappy country had been the scene of discord—of religious feuds—of every species of oppres sion for ages ; and look at it now, and say whether its present condition is totally unconnected with Govern ment ? 0, human agency ! say our ceiernies—by no means ; the thing has been all mere matter of accident, and the happy changes have not been effected by Earl Grey, and Lord Melbourne, and their Administrations ; but all has been the effect of accident. Well, then, I say that the history of mankind in the course of matchless events has furnished us with no other such instances of accident as this.—(Loud and continued cheering.) But, Gentlemen, there is no one great interest to which I have adverted, and which is not so prosperous. True it is, that during the last six years the 'depression of agri culture has been partial, although in particular districts it has been great. Then is not that to be charged to the Government ? That charge has been made. I re member last year the Government of Lord Melbourne was distinctly charged with contempt of the agricultural interests, and we were then told—see what the Govern ment are inflicting on agriculture. Choose another—recal those who love the agricultural interests, and all those evils will soon disappear. What was the language I had the honour of using in this very county at the time I con tended for the distinction of representing you ? I was told that the Government was hostile to the agricultural interests, and that if a new Government came in they would rectify all the evils under which agriculture was labour ing. Those who anticipated such happy results from the new Government were in the position to bring it to the test. It came, and what did the new Government of the Duke and Sir Robert do for agriculture ? I will do them selves the justice to say, that they never countenanced the contemptible folly and fallacy to which I have alluded— namely, that the agricultural interests would be completely , made prosperous. But the Session passed away, and were all these great benefits conferred ? No—the result was, to convince all reasoning men that it is not to any Govern ment that the depression of that most important interest can possibly be imputed. That commerce has been ex tended—that capital has been employed—that the shackles of monopoly in our Eastern trade have been cut off, are things which cannot be denied, and all these advances I have demonstrated must have been produced by human agency. We see a magnificent vessel wafted by the winds and waves—we know that they conspire to give the vessel an impulse ; but will you tell me that there is no human agency in all that magnificent structure ? Will you tell me, when you see the cordage and its masts, its helm and its compass, and the machinery of all its various parts, that man had nothing to do with these things, that he was not instrumental in carrying into effect the works of God ? 'Will you tell me that he who directs the helm, and lifts the canvass to the breeze, is to be con demned as useless ? But it seems, according to our op ponents, that notwithstanding all this, the Constitution of the country is in danger.—(Loud cheers, and laugh ter.) What was the principle upon which the Govern ment of Earl Grey was formed, and upon which the Go vernment of Lord Melbourne rests ? It is this great car dinal principle—the principle of following out the system of constitutional improvement to its just consequences, refe rence being had to the times—to the circumstances—to the enlightened knowledge of the people—to the enlightened will of the great community of this realm.—(Loud cheer ing.) I talk not of particular measures, nor of particular acts, but I speak of this, the great cardinal principle, in which this Administration had been formed. I say that Lord Melbourne's Administration, resting on that founda tion, has been true to its principles. We do not own our selves vanquished. Baffled we have been, but not over thrown. True to our principles and to the just demands of the nation, we shall not flinch from our purpose, nor do we despair of success.—(Tremendous cheering.) I will not enlarge on those two measures—l mean the appropriation clause, and the measure of Municipal Reform for Ire land. In regard to the appropriation clause, what is the real state of matters ? We hear much, (and much I have heard in this, our Northern count-y) of the dismal and benighted state of the Irish—of their lamentable con dition—and of their being plunged in ignorance and crime. Why should there be a fear of crime, when a remedy , for crime is at hand, and that remedy is the dis pelling of,ignorance by means of general education.—(Great cheering.) I ask you, is there a nobler object than general education ? Is the Protestant Church in danger from education ? The Protestant religion, when exhibited in the splendour of sunshine—the Protestant religion is Ino occult science. —(Immense cheering.) As a Protestant, I desire to see my religion fully placed before my fellow-countrymen, and I for one have no doubt as to the result.—(Loud and continued cheering.) I will not enlarg e on th e M un i c i pa l Reform of Irelan, though in this measure some of the greatest principles of Government were brought into action. Here, too, we contend that Ireland has a claim to the just rights that belong to the British Constitution—but these rights were opposed in a manner and under circumstances which should cause a true British heart to shrink with horror.--(Cheers.) But the Constitution it seems, again is in imminent danger. Look at our history. It has been a history of progress from the moment that this nation felt a throb on the question of liberty. True it is, that those great principles we now advocate were compressed in the Constitution, but they were there treasured ; and I allude to this, because we were told that every improvement is an innovation on the Constitution. I say, the principles of all those great improvements were inherent in the Constitu tion, and which at first attracted the veneration of English men. They were stirred up—they were inherent in the Constitution—engravers upon it—cast in its very form and mould ; but there they slumbered till they were awakened —(Loud cheers)—like the music that existed in the cele brated statue of old, which was silent till the beams of the sun called it into action.—(Continued cheers.) It is not a new Constitusion or a new power, thrust upon us by fraud or force ; but the inherent unwinding of these inesti mable and interminable treasures of wisdom and of freedom, and of constitutional progress, which have formed the glory, the strength, and stability of the British Constitution.— (Immense cheering.) It is true that the tide of public opinion may act violently on particular occasions ; but, if those waters are raised, not in order to destroy, we have no occasion to look on them with dread.—(Cheers.) They are, indeed, crowding around us, and levelling on every side ; lvat they shall bear in the midst of their proudest unduir:Aions, safely and victoriously, the ark of the Constitution.—(En thusiastic cheering.) I believe that the will of this nation, founded as it is on enlightened knowledge and true princi ples, will one day achieve its purpose.----(lmmense cheering.) I believe in the mortality of injustice and the ultimate triumph of truth. The Noble Lord then sat down amidst cheering, which lasted several minutes. The CHAIRMAN then proposed " the Provost and Ma gistrates of Inverness." Drunk with the usual honours. The PROVOST returned thanks. The CHAIRMAN next proposed the health of his Grace the Duke of Richmond. Drunk with three times three and great cheering. The CHAIRMAN then announced the health of another Noble Duke—the head of the family of Russell—the Duke of Bedford, to whom the nation owed a debt of gratitude for his exertions in passing the Reform Bill.—(lmmense cheering.) The Noble Duke's health was then drunk with three times three, and loud cheers. Lord GLENELG then proposed the health of the Chairman. Among others the following toasts were afterwards given :—The British Constitution—the Church of Scot land—Lord Palmerston and our Foreign Relations—the Liberal Peers of the Empire—Earl Grey, the father of Reform—the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland—Civil and Reli gious Liberty—Mr. Bannerman, and the Independent Mem bers of the House of Commons—Lord Morpeth—the Li berty of the Press, &c. &c. Several speeches were also de livered, and at a late hour the company retired. DINNER AT JEDBURGH TO ROBERT STEUART, Esq., M.P., &c. On Wednesday last Mr. Steuart, of Alderston, Mem ber for the Haddington District of Burghs, dined with a large body of his constituents in Jedburgh. The Hon. Member was met by a dense crowd of the inhabitants, and conducted in procession to the County Hall, from the bal cony of which he took the opportunity of addressing them, and returning thanks for his flattering reception. About four o'clock the dinner company assemble&ln the Black Bull Assembly-rooms, which were soon crowded to overflowing. Upwards of 250 sat down to dinner. The chair was filled by William Rutherford, jun., Esq., supported on the right by Robert Steuart, Esq., M.P.; Lord Mel gund ; William Bell, Esq., of Hunthill ; Sir William Scott, Bart.; George Main, Esq., Bailie of Kelso ; John Goodfellow, Esq.; J.P., senior magistrate of Hawick ; David Spence, Esq., Melrose ; - Elliot, Esq., younger of Wolflee. On the left, by Robert Pringle, Esq., of Clif ton ; James Elliot, Esq., of Wolflee ; Gilbert Elliot, Esq., Wells ; George Cleghorn, Esq., of Weens ; Archibald Jerdon, Esq.. of Bo n j e d war d ; J o h n Elliot, Esq., jun., son of the Hon. John Elliot ; Archibald Douglas, Esq., of Adderston. Thomas Wright, Esq., officiated as croupier, supported on the right by Mr. Selkirk, and on the left by the,Rev. W. Nicol. The CHAIRMAN then gave the usual loyal and patriotic toasts, which were drunk with great cheering. Mr. STEUART shortly retur❑ed thanks for the toast of " His Majesty's Ministers." The CHAIRMAN proposed " The health of their distin guished guest and w orthy Representative, Mr. Steuart," which was drunk with great applause. Mr. STEUART rose, and w as received with deafening cheers. After the applause had Ceased the Hon. Gentle man said : When Lord I VltVoourne's Government was first formed, it was at a period of the year which rendered it impossible for the Government to bring forward many great measures ; still, not a few very important measures were afterwards carried through. I might instance that of giving a reformed constitution to the different municipal Corpo rations of England—(Cheers)—which receiving the assent of the Upper House, the people took this as an earnest that other measures, of a healing nature would also pass that branch of the Legislature. I would here remark that many of you have, no doubt, been disappointed, and that you con sidered that little or nothing had been done. Allow me to say, that I do not arrive at the same conclusion. The last Session of Parliament was fraught with some great results to the country. Opposition was made to rue-sures by the very men who, under the garb of Reform, concealed the rankest Toryism—by those very persons who, two short years ago, on seizing the reins of office, held.out almost larger measures of Reform than your own Govern• ment professed. You have seen those men set before you in their true characters, and those who were looked upon as the advocates of rational liberty are now taking their ranks under the banners of Toryism, and sitting side by side with the very men whom it was once their glory to oppose. These men are now the supporters and abettors of Sir Robert Peel. It is important that the con stituencies of Scotland, England, and Ireland should have an opportunity to turn to the votes of their representatives in the last session. They will be enabled to test their prin ciples by their actions. Much indeed they must regret the opposition too successfully made to some of the mea sures which were brought forward. Among those which passed I may instance several ; I would just mention one of justice and humanity. I m e an that important Bill which gives to those unhappy men who have offended the laws of their country the power of defending themselves by the as sistance of counsel—a privilege which, in Scotland, basi been long enjoyed, but which has been withheld in England. The next measure is one which I had the greatest pleasure, in supporting. I allude to the Stamp Bill, by which the taxes on knowledge have been reduced.—(Cheers.) I am well aware that the total repeal of the newspaper stamp duty has been advocated by many individuals, instead of a partial reduction. I had an opportunity of seeing the dif ferent calculations made, and I am inclined to think that the present arrangement is the most desirable. I ascer tained, in coming down from London by the mail, that already the newspaper bags are nearly doubled, and, if these papers were again transmitted through the Post-office and charged one penny each, the alteration, so far from being a benefit, would have been an inconvenience, and. have placed matters on a worse footing than before the change of the newspaper stamp duty took place. The Bills to which I next beg to allude, are the Registration of Births and Marriages and the Marriages Bill. The latter Bill is to enable the Dissenters in England to celebrate the mar riage ceremony according to the dictates of their own con sciences. I trust that before the end of March next L shall be enabled to lay on the table of the House :x similar measure for Scotland. With regard to Ireland, I hardly know how to touch on that subj ec t ; th e question. is one so serious, as involving the very existence of that country, that it demands all the judgment and temper which the most enlightened assembly possesses.—( Hear,. hear.) The Church in Ireland is endowed far beyond the wants of its members, and equal to the wants of the who . * of that kingdom. Surely then it requires no argument to show, that that which is equal to the wants of the whole population must be superabundant for the wants of a frac tional part. The Catholics being called upon to pay fr, r , the support of a Church in the doctrines of which they do not believe, and to pay tithes, often levied under cire, ) ,,_, stances of an extremely aggravating description, is a facts that is certainly not calculated to soothe the irritation that has existed in the minds of that class of people. It will be: remembered that for years they have been misgoverned.-* that they were deprived of their own Parliament, d tee iy e d by the promises of the Minister o f th e day—and when the last tardy meed of justice, Catholi c EmaneiPa#:ion, was ren dered to them, it was wrung, after many years' persever ance, from the hands of their bitter t,st foes.—(Ch eers .) : The present Government, elisapprunng of the application of' funds to the support of the Chrsrch so much beyond its ac tual wants, but anxious to 'maintain the Protestant Estab lishment in its full effie!iency, came forward and proposed that the Government should appropriate for the education of the people the surplus, after providing for the spiritual: wants of the Protestant population of Ireland. Fetes will now argue that the property of the Church is not the property of the State.—(lmmense cheering.) Whr,t tlien was the proposition, let me ask, which was made by the Go vernment? Why, it was that every pastor in Irela n d should receive an adequate remuneration for the attenda:oce and care of that flock which it was his duty to superintend —not one Protestant was to be deprived of his spiritual teacher —not one parish was to be left without a parson to look after the spiritual interests of its Protestant inhabitants. Nay, more, the sum fixed as the lowest amount to be awarded clergymen was a sum much larger than what many of the hard-working clergy receive in England—(Great ap plause.) Having fully provided for the wants of the Pro-. testant Church, it became apparent that there would be a large surplus fund remaining to be otherwise appropriated. Now, the question was, how were these funds to be applied? The surplus was not to be appropriated to secular purposes, but to the establishment of a system of education s corre sponding with the parochial system which in Scotland you already possess.—(Cheers.) As far as the Irish, Church Bill has been concerned, my cond uc t h as b een. consistent with my principles, and h av i ng always supportedthe appro priation clause before, I fear not now your displeasure.— (Tremendous shouts of applause.) This Bill, which was looked to frit settling the peace of Ireland, was rejected by the .Lards with indignation, as a measure of spoliation and its an attack on our own religion. There were other grounds on which the Lords saw fit to refuse their assent, but to these I shall not refer. Another measure to which I shall allude is the Irish Municipal Reform Corporation Bill. That measure was rejected, forsooth, because we were told that these six millions and a half war fellow -countrymen, ac knowledging the same Deity -_looking for grace through the mercy of the same Redes,;mer—acknowledging the same laws and authority —wer e not entitled to the same privileges which we enjoy, ber.;ause they were " aliens in religion— aliens in blood," and, therefore, they must be treated as aliens in law..,—(Loud applause.) We are told, that as the Bill woulf!, increase the power of the Catholics, it would be dangerous to pass it. But, Gentlemen, I ask, for whom are laws to be made—are they to be made for the majority or the minority? The power which carried the Reform Bill will still carry this measure with a great majority. I know I shall be told, as I have been often, that we are the slates and puppets of O'Connell. Within these few days our opponents have rung a new change, and they now say that O'Connell is a puppet in our hands, and that we have bought him to serve our purposes. But we have never yet heard, nor indeed have they dared to say, what the price is which has been paid for this extraordinary man. Over and over again, persons authorised from their politi cal situation, have disclaimed any connection with Mr. O'Connell but that which is honourable.—(Loud cheers.) I rejoice in the support of Mr. O'Connell ; there is no man to whom his country is more indebted. There is nothing dishonourable in the connection, although we are told, what has as often been denied, that there has been a compact between Mr. O'Connell and the Government, and that that compact was entered into at Lichfield House. Ah ! that Lichfield House was a sad house for the Tories. I was at that meeting, at which union was recommended among all Reformers. Various means have been proposed for bring ing about those great and important objects which have en gaged the attention of the Ministry in reference to It e land. It has been said by some, we ought to appeal to the people. But why appeal to the people ? At present such an appeal cann o t b e necessary . H ave we not a majo rity in the H ouse o f C ommons ? Oth ers h ave said, let us reform the House of Peers. If I have touched before on a delicate subject, I am aware I am now touching on a question which is still m o re so ; b u t, cons id er i ng th e d u ty which I owe you, my constituents, I will, without hesitation, tell you my own opinion. I tell you then, Gentlemen, that I con sider that the present agitation of this question, while other means ought to he tried, is unnecessary and premature. Is it, in every question of difficulty, proper that w e s h ou ld think it necessary to proceed to an organic change in the Constitution ? I shrink not from giving my opinion. We have had organic changes, and, if it should be necessars:, we can have recourse to them again ; but for such measures there should be good grounds, and until these are slaown to exist, it would be unsafe to tamper with the Constitution. Let it be shown that you know your own strength, if an appeal should be made, by sending inereasinss majorities to the House of Commons ; and should the sesnl measures be again brought forward, far be it from me, if the Lords still persist in the Ivork of m u til at i on , an d still turn a deaf ear to the just wishes of the people, to say what steps should be taken. The mooting, the question of Peerage Reform cannot fail to have made an impression on the House of Lords. I will not say how such a question is likely . to ferment the hostility of the Lords ; but you may ask, if this question be not mooted, how are we to con vince the Lords that they are wrong in resisting the wishes of the people ? Let me earnestly impress upon your mind not for my own sake, though I. may be suppesed to speak selfishly, but for the sake of preserving peace in Ireland, to be firm and united. Let all minor considerations be merged in union. Some may desire to stop at the first stage, and others to go the whole journey ; let all, however, agree to go th.es first stage, and such an impression will he made as is likely to induce all to proceed the whole length of the ' j ourney. [The Honourable Gentleman sat down amid.st the most enthusiastic cheeriugs, which were repeat edly renewed.] 1 Many excellent speeches followed, and the company se - I parated highly gratified. BRITISH Bank Stock 20516 3 per Cent. Red. as 3 per Cent Cons SR% %, per Cent. 3g, per Cent. Reel 96% New 3,4 per Cent. 9B 4 per Cent. 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The dinner and the wines were excellent. After thy: health of " The King," " The Queen," and " The Princess Vic toria, had. been given with the usual demonstrations of respect, The CHAIRMAN proposed " His Majesty's Ministers, and may they fearlessly contend for the people's rights." The CHAIRMAN proposed the health of Charles Hindley, Esq., M.P. Mr. HINDLEY expressed his thanks in an ebquent